uam

See also: -uam and u ám

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Uam.

Symbol

uam

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Uamué.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Uamué terms

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /wiːmˠ/, (older) /wɯːmˠ/[1]

Pronoun

uam (emphatic uamsa)

  1. Ulster form of uaim

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 29

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish úaim. Cognates include Irish uaim and Manx voym.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

uam

  1. first-person singular of o: from me
    Gheibh thu litir uam.You'll get a letter from me.

Inflection

Personal inflection of o
Person: simple emphatic
singular first uam uamsa
second uat uatsa
third m uaithe uaithesan
f uaipe uaipese
plural first uainn uainne
second uaibh uaibhse
third uapa uapasan

See also

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan vuaáma, O'odham ʼuam.

Adjective

uam (plural uꞌuam)

  1. yellow

References

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 176